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In
many cultures around the world there are beliefs and/or mystical meanings
surrounding the presence and appearance of the owls. This Barred Owl
showed up on Susan's mother's back porch looking in at her through her
office window. Susan says that it was an unusually tame owl that allowed
her to approach very close while she took photos as it sat on the birdhouse
built by her father who had recently passed away. Interestingly it only
stayed for a couple days and then left. The owl had also never been
seen before and not since. Susan took these photos in February of 2008
in Royalton, Vermont.